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Congress
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Commentary: Strategies, lessons learned won\'t be necessary if Congress does what everyone knows is the responsible thing to do.
June 02, 2015 -
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The administration criticized the House appropriations framework that would implement sequestration funding levels for non-Defense agencies, while using Overseas Contingency Operations funds to pay for base Defense spending.
June 02, 2015 -
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A bill in the House aims to reform the way the General Services Administration (GSA) handles real estate. The Public Buildings Reform and Savings Act would realize billions in savings by enabling GSA to better facilitate consolidations, reduce space and negotiate the best possible office space lease deals. It would also bolster security at federal buildings. Re. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.) is chairman of the House Subcommittee for Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, and a co-sponsor of the bill. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain why such a pilot program was important.
June 02, 2015 -
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New legislation on Capitol Hill would prevent federal employees from \"double-dipping\" in the event of a government shutdown, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey
June 02, 2015 -
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Four Republican congressmen urged President Barack Obama to nominate a new inspector general at the Interior Department. Interior\'s last permanent IG stepped down in 2009.
June 01, 2015 -
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Congress is back today, and the month of June is a busy one. The House will start to consider 12 different agency spending bills, starting with the Commerce-Justice-Science measure. David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, writes the Hawkings Here blog. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about the first moves the House Appropriations Committee will likely take.
June 01, 2015 -
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A memo from OPM Director Katherine Archuleta said a new working group will ensure agencies report comparable and reliable data about how they apply paid administrative leave. The memo comes after a GAO report found inaccuracies governmentwide.
June 01, 2015 -
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Human capital management in government is a 25-year-old problem. Dan Blair, president of the National Academy of Public Administration and former deputy director of the Office of Personnel Management, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose why a private sector company with a 40-year-old personnel system would go out of business today.
May 29, 2015 -
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After a 40-year career with the agency, Willie May finds himself confirmed by the Senate as director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He\'d been serving as acting director for nearly a year. May discussed his plans for the agency with Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive.
May 29, 2015 -
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Yvonne Jones, the Government Accountability Office\'s director of strategic issues, tells a Senate panel human capital management is critical to improving government\'s performance.
May 28, 2015 -
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The Defense Department should get ready for sequestraton\'s return in fiscal 2016, the Government Accountability Office warns in a new report.
May 28, 2015 -
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Commentary: The solution to the sequester quandary is obvious, so Congress should just do its job so agencies can do theirs.
May 28, 2015 -
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House and Senate versions of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act include numerous acquisition reform provisions, including several that press DoD to embrace commercial technology.
May 28, 2015 -
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Human capital management has stayed on the Government Accountability Office\'s High Risk List since 2001. But there are four main areas government hasn\'t tackled yet to solve its biggest human capital challenges. Yvonne Jones, director of strategic issues at the Government Accountability Office, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management last week. She\'s tells In Depth with Francis Rose about government\'s progress on strategic human capital management over the last year.
May 27, 2015
